The day started with a difficult choice; €15 for cornflakes & toast in the hotel or go to the local cake shop - guess which won?
We then embarked on the journey to La Rochelle, the trip that we all forgot to arrange, strange since we've only being planing the trip for 6 months - we blamed Steve for this mishap when he was out of earshot. Two things soon became very apparent 1) there's a reason that Mark does't take the lead on rides after almost causing a crash after 10 seconds & 2) the French don't get the concept of road signs, they don't show the road that your on & don't tell you where to go so pretty much useless. The Speculation on this is that it's preparation for when the Germans invade next, anyway needless to say we got lost a lot. A 3 hour journey took around 8 but was worth it with the stunning country roads. On one occasion we ended up on a ferry to traverse a river that we didn't want to cross.
Elsewhere on the journey we had difficulty finding food (Tim needs regular feeding to avoid having a tantrum), one place gave us menus then when we ordered said that the kitchen was closed! We ended up having Galattes which are like a burnt Crepe so not that good, who said French cuisine is the best? Also we stumbled across a wicked beach with static kites in the shape of witches, Super Ted & other random characters...
The Biking report is excellent with fantastic country roads so maybe getting lost is a good thing!
La Rochelle seems great, lovely harbour, great bars which close @ 7am& amazing food. Good job we're here for a couple of days!
Random award of the day is the brick house that we saw in the middle of a river.
Special moment of the day goes to Steve for saying 'let's head for the harbour, you'll know it because that's where the boats are parked' - duh!
We then embarked on the journey to La Rochelle, the trip that we all forgot to arrange, strange since we've only being planing the trip for 6 months - we blamed Steve for this mishap when he was out of earshot. Two things soon became very apparent 1) there's a reason that Mark does't take the lead on rides after almost causing a crash after 10 seconds & 2) the French don't get the concept of road signs, they don't show the road that your on & don't tell you where to go so pretty much useless. The Speculation on this is that it's preparation for when the Germans invade next, anyway needless to say we got lost a lot. A 3 hour journey took around 8 but was worth it with the stunning country roads. On one occasion we ended up on a ferry to traverse a river that we didn't want to cross.
Elsewhere on the journey we had difficulty finding food (Tim needs regular feeding to avoid having a tantrum), one place gave us menus then when we ordered said that the kitchen was closed! We ended up having Galattes which are like a burnt Crepe so not that good, who said French cuisine is the best? Also we stumbled across a wicked beach with static kites in the shape of witches, Super Ted & other random characters...
The Biking report is excellent with fantastic country roads so maybe getting lost is a good thing!
La Rochelle seems great, lovely harbour, great bars which close @ 7am& amazing food. Good job we're here for a couple of days!
Random award of the day is the brick house that we saw in the middle of a river.
Special moment of the day goes to Steve for saying 'let's head for the harbour, you'll know it because that's where the boats are parked' - duh!
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